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Topic: Who do YOU think is the "best" dancer of all-time?
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BHouse
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Did someone say LEROY from Fame...
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mhd
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Did someone say LEROY from Fame...
Yes
RIP
didn't he passed away this summer ![[thumbsup]](graemlins/thumbsup.gif)
yep
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Brut by Faberge
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Did someone say LEROY from Fame...
Yes
RIP
didn't he passed away this summer
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still he did his thing ![[grinyes]](graemlins/grinyes.gif)
hooray for his thing!
[ September 24, 2004, 03:09 PM: Message edited by: nacho mama ]
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mhd
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Did someone say LEROY from Fame...
Yes
RIP
didn't he passed away this summer
yep
still he did his thing
boy, did he ever, the original homo-thug
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likewater
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Did someone say LEROY from Fame...
Yes
RIP
didn't he passed away this summer
yep
still he did his thing
boy, did he ever, the original homo-thug
and he had a nice body too! ![[Angel]](biggrinangel.gif)
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jcapeverde
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Originally posted by Irv:
Other than shuffle his feet, spin and do splits, I really never considered James Brown as a "top" dancer, oh well.. ![[Idontknow]](graemlins/conf44.gif)
You ever see him live? I did, at Manhattan Center some 30 odd years ago. He dances faster in concert than on the TV show tapes you may have seen. Only one faster than JB was Seabicuit! There was an Eddie Palmieri concert shown on cable a few years back, where he had a couple doing Mambo to his music. The guy was outstanding with his African inspired movements. He had me enthralled with his ability to go from slow motion to amazing speed in the blink of an eye. Also the Cuban dance troupe Los Munequitos De Matanzas are a group you must see when you can. Their dancing, combined with their Yoruba chants and drumming will have you in a trance.
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jcapeverde
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Originally posted by liL Ray:
also....Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates, the first time I saw a documentary on him, I was a fan..."I was a dancer before I lost my leg ....and I still wanted to dance."
When I was a kid, my mothers club, the Cape Verdean American Ladies Auxilliary, sponsored a trip up to Kerhonkson, NY to his resort. I was introduced to him and found out he was my friends uncle! When my daughter was in grade school, he came here to Hempstead for an assembly and spoke to her class.
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miss al boogie
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i don't know why people would disagree that James Brown might not be as good as people say. i saw this footage from a documentary of him in 1956...i swear to God i don't know how he got from one side of the stage to the other so fast!! i lost my head...i was screaming at the tv.
and Ron locking was invented by Don Campbell, not Greg...i know that was just a typo but just tryin to get it straight for the rest of the folk on here.
another amazing group are the Electric Boogaloos. they were amazing in the 80s and into their 30s 40s and 50s can still dance amazingly better than kids my age. they just keep growing and getting better and better. i saw them a couple weeks ago and almost cried watching them(they're performing in NYC in November on B'way at the New Victory theater. i highly suggest checking it out.)
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Ron la Rock
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yes a typo 4 sure AL
thanks 4 the correction
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analogbass
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* Too many to mention from the Garage-Leroy from Fame, Jarvis, et. Sound Factory, Ice Palace on 57th Street, Ricans, TVs n' gay boyz, GG Knickerbocker's, late 70s, queens w/ tude, Saint and Roxy.
* Gene the Dancing Machine, Gong Show ;-)
[ October 24, 2004, 09:44 AM: Message edited by: analogbass ]
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Danny Gardner
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Have to get Ben Vereen on that list, no doubt.
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Tee Cee 13
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Naw! but no kidding I truly believe that Ray Yeates was an awesome dancer from back in the days at The Gallery, Le Jardin, The Loft....
And of course "Saturday Night Fever" John Travolta....
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Tee Cee 13
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Originally posted by AlarickT:
Me!
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socratez
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6 pages of messages on the best dancers and not one B-Boy was mentioned ![[nono]](graemlins/nono.gif) 
breakdance is still the most expressive and creative style of the last 2 decades i think
if you want to know more about breaking and locking check this:
www.thefreshestkids.com
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analogbass
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Ya, a shame Breakdance only lasted for a minute vs. endless rap/hip-hop that won't go away.
[ October 29, 2004, 11:11 PM: Message edited by: analogbass ]
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shanequa sanchez
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see "The freshest kids" if you haven't already...
the best i've seen yet on the history of hip hop...especially it's focus on the origins of "break dancin"...
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